Hammell

Action to foreclose a mortgage. Plaintiff had judgment and defendant appeals.

It appears that Cockens, who assumed to act as the agent of Robbins, the owner and holder of the note secured by the mortgage sought to be foreclosed in this action, in making the assignment thereof to plaintiff had no authority whatever to do so.

The evidence shows that the note in question was delivered to him by Robbins for collection only, with directions that the mortgage, the release of which he had previously, signed and acknowledged,, should be delivered upon the payment of the note; that the note was *251 thereafter presented by Cockens after maturity for payment, at the request of the maker, to one Avery, who thereupon paid the same for and at the request of plaintiff, in pursuance of an understanding to that effect between all parties. Cockens, however, instead of delivering the note and mortgage upon payment to him of the amount due thereon, as he had been directed by Robbins to do,- and which was the limit of his authority, executed, as the pretended agent of Robbins, at the request of Avery, an assignment of the note without recourse to plaintiff. It further appears that Avery stated to…